variable.
Able to vary or be varied.
Meaning & usage
Able to vary or be varied.
variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistor
Likely to vary.
Marked by diversity or difference.
Having no fixed quantitative value.
Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare (“to change”), from varius (“different, various”). Equates to English vary + -able.
Something that is variable.
Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
There are several variables to consider here.
A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
A symbol representing a variable.
A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
A variable star.
A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare (“to change”), from varius (“different, various”). Equates to English vary + -able.
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